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What function, controlled by Wernicke's area in the temporal lobe, involves understanding spoken language?

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speech

What sensation results in analgesia when its signals are blocked in the spinal cord?

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pain

What pain-blocking substances, discovered in 1975, are produced by the nervous system and mimic the effects of morphine?

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endorphins

In medicine, the term palsy is used to describe certain forms of what condition, which can be either partial or complete?

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paralysis

What is the term for the small gap between neurons across which nerve impulses travel?

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synapse

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